be up against a brick wall
成語所屬單字brick
be up against a brick wall — 慣用語
1. To be unable to make progress because of a difficulty.
1.慣用語
釋義
陷入僵局
To be unable to make progress because of a difficulty.
例句
The team is up against a brick wall with this problem.
We were up against a brick wall in our negotiations.